Buster Merryfield

Biography

Harry 'Buster' Merryfield was a British actor best known for his role as Uncle Albert in the long running hit BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses; a role he played from 1985 to 1996. Merryfield took up acting professionally late in life, following his retirement as a bank manager in 1978. His stage name of Buster stemmed from childhood; given to him by his grandfather, as he weighed nine pounds at birth, and it stuck throughout his entire life, not least because he refused to divulge his real name to anyone during his lifetime and it only became open knowledge after his death of a brain tumour in 1999.

Known For

Only Fools and Horses

as Uncle Albert Trotter

Dalgliesh

as Sir Miles Honeyman

Shroud for a Nightingale

as Sir Miles Honeyman

Noel's House Party

as The Old Soldier

Surprise, Surprise

as Self

The Citadel

as Professor Challis

The Story of Only Fools And Horses

as Self

Strangers and Brothers

as Bishop

The Paul Daniels Magic Show

as Self

An Audience with...

as Self